BlockKaro, Nevada
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Pioche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89043. It lies near Mount Wilson. The Survey maps it on the Trail Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1956 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Schoolmarm Basin quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Wilson Creek Range quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Karo (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 9,586 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ely District Office | LINSEED |
| 21 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | PINE SPR |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | 750 acres | Ely District Office | TUNNEL |
| 13 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | NAT OUT 6 |
| 10 September 1999 | Natural | 382 acres | Ely District Office | SCHOOLMARM |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | HORN |
| 5 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | FRY |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | TAFFERY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarhurst (historical) | 5.6 miles | 5 | |
| Wilson Creek (historical) | 11.4 miles | 5 | |
| Mud Springs | 12.8 miles | 5 | |
| Pony Springs | 12.9 miles | 5 | |
| Atlanta | 14.4 miles | 5 | |
| Jackrabbit (historical) | 16.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bristol | 17.9 miles | 10 | |
| Tempest (historical) | 17.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851192. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.